Tempers are rising along with gas prices. Gas stations across the country report that drivers are taking out their gas rage against big oil by yelling at clerks and cashiers and sometimes driving off without paying."Everyone is suffering at the same time," said Sam Shirazie, a clerk at a Chevron station east of downtown Los Angeles. "If I could help to reduce that pain, I would."No detailed statistics are kept on incidents of gas rage. But the National Association of Convenience Stores said anecdotal evidence indicates they have increased since prices began climbing in February.Employees of Fleming Corp., which operates 14 gas stations in Kansas and Missouri, have heard everything from "just a mumble-grumble kind of thing to a cheap shot or blaming the clerk for world oil prices," owner Ed Roitz said.Division manager Ron Davis hears complaints firsthand.... http://www.usatoday.com

A car bomb Monday killed four people — including a CBS News cameraman and sound man and a U.S. soldier — and seriously injured a correspondent for the network in one of a series of bombings that left at least 33 people dead. It was the worst wave of violence to hit Baghdad in days. CBS said that veteran cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42, were killed, while correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39, was seriously injured. They were reporting on patrol with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, when their convoy came under attack, the network said. The U.S. military also said a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi contractor were killed, and 6 U.S. soldiers were injured when the car bomb struck the patrol. There were conflicting reports about whether the car was moving or parked when it exploded. Police said the attack occurred just before noon in Tahariyat Square, a mixed area in south-central Baghdad. The blast collapsed the front end of their armored Humvee. ...http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-05-29-iraq_x.htm?csp=34

At least 50 people died Monday in a series of bombings and ambushes in Iraq, police and the military said.Among the dead were two members of a CBS News crew, who were killed when a bomb ripped through the U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad. One U.S. soldier and an Iraqi translator also died in that attack.CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier was seriously injured. (Full story)Monday's deadliest attack was near Khalis, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. A roadside bomb ripped through a minibus carrying Iraqis employed by a group opposed to the Iranian regime, killing 13 and wounding 15 others -- some critically -- according to a statement from the opposition group, the People's Mojahedin of Iran.The bus was loaded with at least 40 passengers, according to an official with the Diyala Joint Coordination Center....http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/29/iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_world

Top U.S., Russian, Chinese and European officials plan to sign off this week on a package of incentives and penalties meant to reward Iran if it gives up uranium enrichment _ and punish it if it doesn't, diplomats said Monday.Agreement by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany could open the way for sanctions if Tehran remains defiant and refuses to abandon technology that can be used to make the fissile core of nuclear warheads.The meeting of foreign ministers including Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was set for Thursday in Vienna, said the diplomats, who demanded anonymity for divulging the confidential information.Tehran appeared unimpressed: One official repeated that Iran is permitted to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Another announced that his country had experimented in technology that can be used to make the hydrogen bomb....http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/29/ap/world/mainD8HTJGQO1.shtml

The Border Patrol is bigger than ever, but ranch manager Bill Hellen says he is seeing more illegal immigrants than ever. When the Border Patrol put up a new checkpoint on a highway near Hebbronville, about 50 miles from the border, illegal immigrants simply went around it, slashing his fences and sneaking through his ranch, he said. He doesn't see that changing any time soon, even with President Bush's promise of 6,000 new agents along the border. "All the ranchers surrounding the checkpoint say the same thing," he said. "It's just a constant strain of illegal aliens on our pastures." The Border Patrol doubled in size from 1995 and 2005, reaching 11,500 agents, but many experts and critics agree with Hellen that the buildup hasn't done much good. ...http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2017067

Villagers living on Mount Merapi's slopes watched as it spit out searing clouds of smoke and lava Monday amid warnings a large eruption was still possible in the aftermath of Indonesia's powerful earthquake. Activity the volcano has increased since Saturday's earthquake, with hot clouds spewed out an average of 150 times a day, compared with 50 times before, said Subandriyo, chief of the Merapi volcanology and monitoring office.The rumbling volcano expelled lava and hot clouds Monday morning, sending debris tumbling 2 1/2 miles down the mountain, he said."The earthquake has caused instability in the lava dome," said Subandriyo, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. "There is still a chance that a big eruption might occur."...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197383,00.html